Show us your oldest instrument.

[PaulHikeS2]

This is not my ad, but I don't have a pic right now:

https://reverb.com/item/3526223-vin...-guitar-single-gold-foil-pickup-made-in-japan

It's the same guitar, just in a slightly worse state, body is a bit chipped, the whammy bar is broken off, it was missing a screw in the neckplate. I restored the pots, cap and the rest and did a reasonable job on the metal pickguard. Tone knob is missing a little part of the top. It was also my first electric.

Cool looking guitar - I love the commitment of mirroring the burst not just on the headstock but on the back of the neck too. Never seen that!

 

[ricksdisconnected]

ok, since you won't send me the Hamer, that'll do... ...

lol.

 

[ricksdisconnected]

@ricksdisconnected you posted some funny shyte..
The Ibanez for $150 etc..

ya miss every shot ya dont take.

 

[ricksdisconnected]

This is my very first guitar - I bought it around 1980 when I was in a garage band. Even though it was just an OK guitar I could never sell it for sentimental reasons, so it sat in its case in the basement for years. Then a few years ago I decided instead of it just sitting there doing nothing, why not try to make it a little better? The notes in the pic are the changes I made to it. I bought the Gibson pups for $80 from a guy that pulled them from his Les Paul in place of Seymour Duncan's. All in this was about a $200 project.

I'm happy to say it's out of the basement in back in my music room. I keep it tuned to Drop D and it gets its share of use now.

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i like this. ALOT

 

[ricksdisconnected]

ok, since you won't send me the Hamer, that'll do... ...

hell somebody might trade ya 2 or 3 hamers for it maybe.

 

[Far Rider]

My Yamaha FG-4130. 41 years old.

 

[ricksdisconnected]

Can ask you, what are the numbers on that CRL toggle switch ? Not all the pat numbers but the main one.. thank you...

i dont know right at the moment. i do not store this guitar at home or a storage unit.
ive only ever opened the cavity just that once. why whats on your mind?
Gruhn might still have some pics. i dont have but a couple. just shitty cellphone pics. have been wanting to hire a photographer to go snap some shots for me when i have the extra cash for it and it moves higher on my list lol.

 

[scozz]

Mine, like some others here, are not all that old,... but I bought them both new and still have them. A 1974 Guild D35, made in their Westerly RI. factory,... and a 1982 Les Paul Custom.

 

[PelliX]

Cool looking guitar - I love the commitment of mirroring the burst not just on the headstock but on the back of the neck too. Never seen that!

I actually have a piece of crap western acoustic with the same thing, the neck makes it look amazing. Shame about the rest of it. I love a sunburst done right. As for sound, the Audition plays quite OK and the foil pickup really nails some of the old stuff! I don't play it much, but when I do it's old Chuck Berry and other 50's/early 60's stuff. I also had (yes, given away as it was impractical for moving internationally) an early 1900's foot pump organ. Made some new stops for it and patched the air sack.

 

[scozz]

Technically, the oldest is this 1962 or 63 EKO. A few honorable mentions are required, the EKO is ok for slide but terrible for anythjng else so it doesn't get much use.
The next oldest usable are the 1975 L6-S
and the 1976 LP Deluxe.
Got them over the last 4 years.
Oldest guitar I have owned since new is the 1978 Goya L6 copy.

Goya. Owned for 42 years.

Hold up Jethro old buddy,... that Deluxe of yours looks suspiciously like a Custom. 3-ply top binding, gold hardware, and block inlay!

 

[jmp45]

I have a 73 Ovation Balladeer cased and this 76 LP Deluxe hacked to a standard.

 

[Angry Possum]

I also have a 1976 Greco Japan LP I forgot about. Same year as my Ibanez 59er deluxe.
Some guitar porn.

 

[Angry Possum]

I also have a 1976 Greco Japan LP I forgot about. Same year as my Ibanez 59er deluxe.
Some guitar porn.

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I may put a Duncan Hot Rodded Set in the Greco.
Just too plain lazy.

 

[ricksdisconnected]

I may put a Duncan Hot Rodded Set in the Greco.
Just too plain lazy.

"Lazy Possum"

 

[Jethro Rocker]

Hold up Jethro old buddy,... that Deluxe of yours looks suspiciously like a Custom. 3-ply top binding, gold hardware, and block inlay!

Shit of course. I said Deluxe? It seems I did...it is indeed a Custom amd I knew that...

 

[Jethro Rocker]

ok

all original 1952 Fender Esquire. plus original strap that came with the guitar
when it was ordered. i do have the original capo, set of strings and guitar picks from the era. imo, its the Holy Grail of tele tone. the wood has aged fantastic.

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That is fantsatic!! Such great shape. Thanks for that. I hope you do play it now n then.

 

[ricksdisconnected]

That is fantsatic!! Such great shape. Thanks for that. I hope you do play it now n then.

eh, now and then but not as often as most would.
not any of these are still around. very very few actually.
and thank you so much.

 

[scozz]

aaaaand you should follow your friends good nature and sell it to
your friend ricksdisconnected for $150 TODAY. lol……….

 

[Mitchell Pearrow]

I don’t have any of my old guitar’s at all.
The oldest one I possess is a 2011 LP Studio.
We do have an old Fender that needs to be put back together
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Thanks
Mitch

 

[Martymig1]

i dont know right at the moment. i do not store this guitar at home or a storage unit.
ive only ever opened the cavity just that once. why whats on your mind?
Gruhn might still have some pics. i dont have but a couple. just shitty cellphone pics. have been wanting to hire a photographer to go snap some shots for me when i have the extra cash for it and it moves higher on my list lol.

Well, all I was wondering is which CRL switch Fener actually used. I'm on ebay alot and I'm OCD about all the parts of my guitars being original. I cannot deal with the new 5 way toggle switch Fender uses now. I'm used to the 3 way. That's all I've ever used because that's all I ever had in my Strats. So when I buy a newer one and it has a 5 way in it, I rip it out and put a 3 way in it BUT, it has to be the old style 3 way CRL switch. The one like that's in yours in the photo but, there's a few different makes of this switch that uses different strengths of springs. I keep buying them off ebay. I just want to know what the actual part number is on the old Fenders.